Resurrection and Reception in Early Christianity

by Richard C. Miller and Richard C. Miller

Book Overview

This book offers an original interpretation of the origin and early reception of the most fundamental claim of Christianity: Jesus' resurrection. Richard Miller contends that the earliest Christians would not have considered the New Testament accounts of Jesus' resurrection to be literal or historical, but instead would have recognized this narrative as an instance of the trope of divine translation, common within the Hellenistic and Roman mythic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138822701
• ISBN13: 9781138822702
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"